Excerpt
“Melinda,
come back,” Sager called, his deep voice urgent. “Wait,” he insisted, his hands
falling on my shoulders before I had a chance to press the elevator call
button. He turned me toward him, the warmth and tenderness in his touch and his
unique leather and cardamom scent bending me to his will.
My lids
fluttered half closed remembering how good it had been in his bed. Those strong
hands gliding over every inch of my naked skin. His confident caresses coaxing
me, sometimes demanding me to respond. Knees weakening, my body swayed in ready
servitude towards the sexy rock god who had everything I needed but nothing I
could ever hope to keep.
“Come back
to bed.” He gently stroked a tendril of my sapphire hair behind my ear. He
melted my resolve with his warm regard and his earnest expression. My arms stiffened
at my sides, a battle waging within me. My fingertips longed to retrace the
contours of his sculpted body, but my feet only wanted to run away.
"I
can't,” I pleaded, my stomach cinched. “I need to go. I have a race in a couple
of hours."
"I
heard you." His tone was tender, but I could feel the tension rising in
it. “I listened very closely to everything you said.”
“It's late.”
Three a.m. in fact. We had been together most of the night. I motioned with my
chin toward the door to his hotel room that he had left propped open. “Let's
forget tonight ever happened. Like I told you it doesn’t mean anything.” --a
lie lie lie --no guy had ever made me feel like he did, even before I slept
with him.
“Bullshit,”
he decided, unwaveringly certain. “You might say you only slept with me to make
Dizzy jealous, but I don’t believe that’s it. Don’t try to tell me you didn’t
feel the same connection I did. It wasn’t him in that bed with you tonight. It
was just you and me. And that’s the way it has to be from now on. I won’t share
you with anyone else. You get me?” He gathered my hands and brought them to his
chest. I could feel his heart racing. His thumbs lightly circled the delicate
skin on the inside of my wrists. My pulse leapt to his touch. “Don't be afraid,
Melinda,” he whispered.
“I'm not
scared.” Another lie. I was terrified of the intensity of the emotions surging
through me, emotions he seemed to effortlessly command.
“I think
that you are. You bolted for the door as soon as things got intense.” His dark
eyes delved piercingly deep. “You’ve got to know that no matter how angry I get
I could never hurt you.”
“I know,” I
whispered back.
“So stay
then.”
“I can’t,
Sager. I just can’t.” He wanted something real, but when he found out how
messed up I really was, he wouldn’t want me anymore.
**Tempting
Tempo is a standalone in the Tempest series but does contain characters and
story lines from previous novels.**
HE
SEES HER IN A WAY SHE
COULD
NEVER SEE HERSELF.
SHE
HAS NEVER FELT MORE BEAUTIFUL THAN WHEN SHE WAS IN HIS ARMS.
Tempting
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Blurb
Sager
Reed, the strong and silent bassist of the rock band Tempest, is well
acquainted with loss. The thoughtful artist’s own tattoos only hint at his
turbulent youth. He buries his guilt about it deeply within his troubled heart.
Melinda
T. Belle, the daughter of a dysfunctional rock legend, as a rule avoids
emotional entanglement. In fact, she has turned her back on nearly everyone and
everything she has ever known. Now she is alone, trying desperately to find
fulfillment in the one dream she has left, competitive skiing.
CAN
SAGER OVERCOME HIS DARK PAST AND FINALLY BELIEVE THAT HE IS WORTHY OF HER LOVE?
WILL
MELINDA REALIZE TOO LATE THAT HE IS THE ONE THAT REALLY MATTERS?
About the
Author:
Michelle Mankin is the New York Times bestselling author of the
Black Cat Records series of novels.
Rock Stars.
Romance. Redemption.
Love
Evolution, Love Revolution, and Love Resolution are a BRUTAL STRENGTH centered
trilogy, combining the plot underpinnings of Shakespeare with the drama,
excitement, and indisputable sexiness of the rock 'n roll industry.
Things take
a bit of an edgier, once upon a time turn with the TEMPEST series. These
pierced, tatted, and troubled Seattle rockers are young and on the cusp of
making it big, but with serious obstacles to overcome that may prevent them
from ever getting there.
Rock stars,
myths, and legends collide with paranormal romance in a totally mesmerizing way
in the MAGIC series.
Catch the
perfect wave with irresistible surfers in the ROCK STARS, SURF AND SECOND
CHANCES series.
Romance and
self-discovery, the FINDING ME series is a Tempest spin off with a more
experienced but familiar cast of characters.
When
Michelle is not prowling the streets of her Texas town listening to her rock or
NOLA funk music much too loud, she is putting her daydreams down on paper or
traveling the world with her family and friends, sometimes for real, and
sometimes just for pretend.
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